At issue in this National Level Arbitration was an Article 19 appeal filed by the NALC protesting proposed changes to Section 546 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM). Notice of these changes was provided by the Postal Service on March 23, 2007. The APWU intervened in this proceeding. The ELM 546 changes were proposed pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Postal Service and the APWU which was agreed to as part of the negotiation of the 2006 APWU National Agreement.
Award Summary: Arbitrator Das sustained this NALC grievance, and that the proposed changes to ELM 546 were invalid and were to be rescinded by the Postal Service.
Document Type: National Arbitration
APWU National Grievance Number: Q01N4QC07229522
Arbitrator Name: Shyam Das